"What I write is simple, frank and truthful." Father Konrad Szweda's Camp Egodocuments

by Barbara Klich-Kluczewska (Editor), Lucyna Sadzikowska (Editor)

Overview

The history of Upper Silesia is intertwined with the activities of Silesian priest Konrad Szweda, a victim of persecutions by German Nazism and Soviet communism. This book contains previously unknown letters and secret correspondence of Fr. Konrad Szweda, enriching the literature of personal documents related to World War II. These egodocuments, part of an anthology of invaluable source texts on the human spirit in “inhuman times”, offer historical material for further research on the clergy. Biographical details and factual nuances reveal surprising paradoxes, forgotten contexts, and facts, challenging established stereotypes and inspiring deeper insights into the complex fabric of the past.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631925072
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	10/22/2024
Series:	Studies in History, Memory and Politics , #52
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lucyna Sadzikowska, professor of literary studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
The Co-Editors
Adam Dziadek, professor of literary studies and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Marta Tomczok, professor of literary studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Magdalena Ke˛dzierska, PhD candidate in literary studies and curator in the Center for Polish Scenography (Muzeum S´la˛skie), Poland.
Patryk Zaja˛c, PhD in Philosophy from the University of Silesia in Katowice, a Catholic presbyter of the Archdiocese of Łódz´, Poland.

Table of Contents

Introduction — Translators’ Note — Part I: In Auschwitz — Part II: After Auschwitz — Editors’ Note — Index of Place Names — Index of Names — Bibliography — Wprowadzenie — ROZDZIAŁ I: W AUSCHWITZ — ROZDZIAŁ II: PO WYZWOLENIU Z AUSCHWITZ — Nota edytorska — Indeks nazw miejscowości — Indeks nazw osobowych — Bibliografia